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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Berber?= <rberber AT prodigy DOT net DOT mx>
Subject:  Re: cron issue
Date:  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:25:33 -0500
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Imran Merali wrote:

> I am trying to get cron to execute a bash script at a certain time,
> but it is not doing so. The script itself works well, but it doesn't
> seem to want to run when i set it up as a cron job. The same thing
> happens when I try to do something simple like output a timestamp to a
> text file each minute. This is a fresh install. Additionally, the line
> in my crontab is identical to that in the crontab on my bsd machine. I
> used cron_diagnose.sh, but it said my install was fine, with the
> exception of a little issue with sendmail, which I tried to correct
> with a symlink to a working mailer.
[snip]

First look into the Windows Event Viewer + Application, you should find a few
events that have, among other things, the crond output.

Second read $CYGWIN_HOME/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README and see what you need
to have cron email you.

BTW bash scripts work fine with cron, what you describe as doing should work
with no problem.

HTH
-- 
René Berber


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